CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: GEHC) (the “Company” or “GE HealthCare”) announced today the pricing of the previously announced secondary underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock (the “GEHC Shares”) at a public offering price of $86.00 per share. The Offering was upsized from the previously announced offering size of 10,000,000 GEHC Shares. GE HealthCare is not selling any shares of common stock and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the GEHC Shares in the Offering or from the debt-for-equity exchange (as described below).
Prior to the closing of the Offering, GE Aerospace (General Electric Company) is expected to exchange the GEHC Shares for indebtedness of GE Aerospace held by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (together, the “MS Lenders”), affiliates of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, the selling stockholder in the Offering by designation of the MS Lenders. Following the debt-for-equity exchange, if consummated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the selling stockholder in the Offering, intends to sell the GEHC Shares to the underwriters in the Offering. The selling stockholder in the Offering has granted the underwriters an option to purchase 2,250,000 additional shares of GE HealthCare common stock for settlement on or before September 30, 2024.
Morgan Stanley and Citigroup are acting as the lead joint book-running managers for the Offering. The Offering is expected to close on September 16, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Offering is being made pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the Offering to which this communication relates. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the Offering will be filed with the SEC. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained, when available, from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; and Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (Tel: 800-831-9146).
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, dedicated to providing integrated solutions, services, and data analytics to make hospitals more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and happier. Serving patients and providers for more than 125 years, GE HealthCare is advancing personalized, connected, and compassionate care, while simplifying the patient’s journey across the care pathway. Together our Imaging, Ultrasound, Patient Care Solutions, and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics businesses help improve patient care from diagnosis, to therapy, to monitoring. We are a $19.6 billion business with approximately 51,000 colleagues working to create a world where healthcare has no limits.
Forward‐Looking Statements
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